Thursday, November 14, 2013

Baker's Insights on Spying

James A. Baker III said European leaders shouldn’t be surprised by
allegations of American espionage. “We couldn’t find a hotel in
Paris that wasn’t bugged,” he said about his time as secretary
of state under President George H.W. Bush.

Over short ribs and Texas pecan pie, Baker had the company
of fellow Texan Randall Stephenson, the chairman and president
of AT&T Inc., Henry Kissinger, and David Rubenstein, co-founder
of the Carlyle Group.

Baker dined with three people responsible for ensuring America has an endemic spying culture. AT&T willingly acquiesced and has profited handsomely, as did The Carlyle Group's Booz Allen Hamilton. Kissinger represents insider power which wants to win at all costs, laws and constitutional rights be damned. That group continues to run unchecked.